Clique aqui para Português “The house was knocked down, Maria da Penha was not.” It was with this phrase, repeated numerous times in a video projected on the wall of the Urban Studies House, that a […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the final article in a three-part series on the connections between Rio de Janeiro’s favelas and Maputo’s caniços, focusing on history, land regularization, and culture. The first article in this series drew […]
Clique aqui para Português On Tuesday, October 24, Rio de Janeiro’s downtown Centro region hosted a launch event for two books focused on the right to housing: Human Rights and the Colonization of the Urban—Vila […]
Clique aqui para Português On Sunday, October 8, 2017, the annual Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival hosted a screening of Canadian filmmaker Jason O’Hara‘s recently released documentary State of Exception at the Rio Museum of Modern Art’s […]
Clique aqui para Português The letter below, recently circulated among international media and human rights bodies, was written by Vila Autódromo’s Heloisa Helena Costa Berto. It follows a disturbing rise in violent attacks on followers […]